unallocated space

  1. G

    Windows 10 RAID1 Creation Error

    I have two identical 2TB SSDs. Disk 0 contains the OS and some data, and Disk 1 is all unallocated space. I want Disk 1 to be a mirror of Disk 0. When I right-click on Disk 0 and choose Add Mirror, it recognizes Disk 1 as the likely partner, warns me of the conversion to dynamic disks, and then...
  2. paulr1

    Multiple EFI partitions on c drive

    Hi All Been trying to do a dual boot with windows 11 & 10 on my c drive. It didnt work, windows 10 failing to create a boot setup and i`m left with lots of small 100MB partitions on my c drive. Any idea which i can remove, i`m trying to extend my C to use that unallocated 487gb of space. THanks...
  3. S

    Extent less than minimum error when formating unallocated drive space

    After re-installing my OS I noticed that I had lost a massive amount space. It automatically set up a c drive with approximately 100 gigs of space and an additional d drive with only 9 or 10 gigs of space. I looked in the disk management settings console and noticed multiple entries with a disk...
  4. suuresh

    Windows 7 Recover cleaned data from diskpart

    Hello, I had windows7 in my laptop.I tried to install windows 10 with USB flash drive, When I selected drive to install windows it said windows can't be installed on this drive. Later I have deleted the partition 1 under disk 0,but still didn't give me a solution got the same error. Then I have...
  5. Loukan

    Windows 10 Windows 10 Boot Issue: SSD Shows as Unallocated Space - Possible Causes and Solutions

    Hello everyone, I have a PC with Windows 10, from my sister, that her son somehow messed up, so it cannot boot anymore. It just boots into the BIOS, where I plays around with various options, but with no success. There are 2 HDs inside. A small 128 GB ssd where windows resides And a big 1 TB...
  6. Z

    Windows 7 Create "System Reserved" partition on second D: drive.

    Tried installing Lubuntu on my D: drive which contains only files, no OS! But when i selected this drive in the boot options got message "Bootmgr is missing". Lubuntu gives the option to select which partition should contain the "Bootmgr", and i selected the same partition for the OS to be...
  7. S

    Windows 10 MicroSSD in Motherboard - HD reformat key Concern

    Hi, Planning to reinstall Windows 10 and I have some questions regarding above Title. In my laptop, it has a MircoSsd built into the motherboard and I would like to know how to use it effectively? ( How is stuff place there? Is it done automatically? Or can I put stuff in there and how?). It...
  8. J

    Windows 8 Why is my new 3 TB drive only showing 2 TB?

    I bought a 3 TB drive today, to replace my, existing 1 TB drive which was 95% full. This is my "D" drive and is data only, no OS on it. Its actually all my WEB server data, for IIS. (I'm on Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64 bit). My plan was to use Paragon Hard Disk manager and clone my existing 1 TB...
  9. A

    Windows 8 Media Creation Tool Wiped My External Hard Drive Partitions!

    The other day, I attempted to make a Windows 8 Recovery USB using my external hard drive and the Media Creation tool. I specifically made a new partition for this process, as I had two other partitions on it with data. Making sure that the partition that was empty was selected, I successfully...
  10. Jeremy Wolfe

    Windows 8 Ubuntu mounts and reads but windows reads as cyclic redundancy?

    So i bought a 1T Western Digital hard drive from Best Buy today and copied the contents of my old hard drive onto my new one using Acronis Disk Director. It was running fantastic afterward, so I decided to add another partition to dual boot on. After coping the data and restarting the drive it...
  11. Jeremy Wolfe

    Windows 7 Confused and Frustrated

    So i bought a 1T Western Digital hard drive from Best Buy today and copied the contents of my old hard drive onto my new one using Acronis Disk Director. It was running fantastic afterward, so I decided to add another partition to dual boot on. After coping the data and restarting the drive it...
  12. davidhk129

    Windows 7 Extend Volume grayed out.

    Win 7 Home Premium. I was doing dual boot with Win 7 and Win 10 TP. I decided to remove the dual boot. So, I went to disk management and removed the volume where Win 10 was. The trouble is, the partition should be marked as unallocated. Instead it is marked as free space. Now, I right clicked...
  13. H

    Windows 8 [SOLVED]Recovery Options Missing

    I have a Windows 8.1 Asus UX303LA laptop up-to-date on all updates. If I do a shift + restart, it goes to a "Choose Options" screen that includes "Continue", "Use a Device", Troubleshoot" and "Turn Off". If I select "Troubleshoot", the options are, "UEFI Firmware" and "Startup Settings". There...
  14. hsevna

    Windows 7 Multiple problems in OS installation

    I have problem in windows 7 OS installation.Here are the details of the problems which i came across first of all for clean installation i deleted the existing OS and there is no existing OS in my laptop.I have 48GB of unallocated space but unable to use it to make a primary partition and I...
  15. Rovshan Suleymanov

    Windows 7 117 gb Partition LOST after SHRINKING win 7

    hi everyone. i use win 7 ultimate sp1 x64. i wanted install windows 8 and make dual boot on my machine. before my c: volume was 267 gb the D: volume was 605gb and E: volume was 59gb. so i began shrinking. on c partiton i had less free space so i thought i could shrink volume d and i did it. new...
  16. B

    Windows 7 Drive shows up in Computer Management Not My Computer

    I have a Dell Inspirion E1705 laptop. It powers on but nothing on the screen and no keyboard response. Its old so all I want to do is get some files off the drive. Not worried about fixing the laptop. I took the drive out and plugged into my desktop as a second drive. It doesn't show up in...
  17. P

    Windows 7 How to turn an external USB GPT into MBR hard disc? Get full capacity

    I have got a 3TB hard disc which contains a 750 GB GPT partition. It is not my first main hard disk but an external USB hard disk. My first main hard disk based on MBR. With a tool like Easeus Partition Manager I deleted the existing GPT partition on the new external USB hard disk and turned...
  18. R

    Windows 7 Can't format drive for laptop

    Have a Dell laptop, started getting the start windows normally or repair screen, each option did nothing. Windows 7 64-bit and it's a DELL-Inspiron 15-3521 Decided to just reformat, didn't have anything important on it. After a lot of trial and error I'm lost, I deleted the partitions, got an...
  19. S

    Windows 8 Unable to convert unallocated space to a New Disk

    I have bought a brand new HP Pro 3330 Microtower model recently. I had ordered it with 500GB hard disk and it had come with Windows 8 Pro OS. OS was installed in the C drive having all the space (465GB) available. I would like to have another disk as I don't want to save my data in the same...
  20. C

    Windows 7 Since installing Windows 7 I cannot see my External USB Hard Drive as external device. It is a PRO 1

    Hi I have tried to seek a solution without success so I am hoping that someone can help. Since installing Windows 7 I cannot see my External USB Hard Drive as external device. It is a PRO 1TB External Hard Drive . In Control Panel / Devices and Printers I can see it under Devices USB to...
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